The purpose of this article is to provide minimum standards
of physical security for business establishments and multifamily dwellings
within the jurisdictional boundaries of the City of Dover.
The provisions of this article shall apply to business establishments
and multifamily dwellings contained in new buildings or structures.
A building or structure that undergoes additions, alterations or repairs
within a one-year period that exceed 50% of the assessed value or
are more than $10,000, whichever is less, shall be required to meet
the requirements for new buildings or structures. In no case shall
a building permit be issued until the office of the Chief of Police
has indicated that proposed additions, alterations or repairs are
in compliance with this article.
As used in this article, the following terms mean:
ACCESSIBLE
Any access point within 18 feet of the ground or the roof
of an adjoining building or structure or within three feet of an access
point, fire escape or ledge in or protruding from the same or an adjacent
wall and leading to another building or structure.
ACCESS POINT
Any opening in the exterior of a building or structure which
has a clear cross section of 96 inches or more and which has its smallest
dimension in excess of six inches, and includes but is not limited
to doors and windows.
ACTIVATE
To make a locking device effective in preventing unauthorized
entry through the door, window or other access point to which the
locking device is attached.
CONTROL DEVICE
A key or similar mechanical implement that is normally used
by authorized persons to activate or deactivate a locking device.
EXTERIOR
That portion of a building or structure that is accessible
to the public when the commercial establishment housed therein is
closed for business, and includes but is not limited to those portions
of individual commercial establishments which are housed in a common
building or structure and which are accessible to the public, e.g.,
as in a shopping center or mall.
LOCKING DEVICE
A mechanical implement or combination of mechanical implements
attached to a door, window or other access point of a building or
structure and designed to prevent unauthorized entry of the building
or structure through that door, window or other access point when
the locking device is activated.
PERSON
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind.
RATED
Listed by Underwriters' Laboratories.
All future business or commercial establishments located within
the boundaries of this jurisdiction shall, when unattended, be secured
in the manner provided by this article. An establishment is unattended
when not occupied by a watchman, maintenance personnel or other authorized
persons during the hours that the establishment is closed to the public.
The Police Department, under the supervision of the office of
the Chief of Police, shall administer and enforce the provisions of
this article.
Responsibility for compliance with the provisions of this article
shall be as follows:
A. When the business or commercial establishment does not share the
use of access points with any other business, the person operating
the business of commercial establishment or his designated agent shall
be responsible for compliance.
B. When more than one business or commercial establishment shares the
use of access points in the same building or structure, the owner
of the building or structure or his designated agent shall be responsible
for compliance.
No portion of this article shall supersede any local, state
or federal laws, regulations or codes dealing with life safety factors.
All exterior doors shall comply with the following requirements:
A. Wood or metal doors with panels of rated, burglary-resistant glazing
material, wood doors of solid-core construction at least 1 3/8
inches thick and solid metal doors having at least equal strength
to a wood door of solid-core construction at least 1 3/8 inches
thick. Any of these doors having panels of burglary-resistant glazing
material adjacent to the door frame shall be secured as follows:
(1) Single swinging doors shall be equipped with either a double-cylinder
dead-bolt lock that can be deactivated from either the inside or outside
only by a key or similar control device or with a single-cylinder
dead-bolt lock that cannot be deactivated from the inside and that
can be deactivated from the outside only by a key or similar control
device.
(2) Pairs of swinging doors shall be secured at the top and bottom of one leaf with vertical bolts and secured at the center with the type of locking device required for single swinging doors in Subsection
A(1) above.
(3) Swinging doors which do not permit a center lock, including but not limited to tempered-glass doors, shall be secured at the top and bottom with locking devices meeting the requirements of Subsection
A(1) above.
B. Single swinging doors or pairs of doors constructed of tempered glass
that is not burglary resistant may be retained in old buildings or
structures. However, when such a door or doors are replaced for any
reason, then the replacement door or doors shall be constructed of
rated burglary-resistant glazing material. Such doors on all new buildings
or structures shall be constructed of rated burglary-resistant material.
C. Garage doors.
(1) Rolling, solid swinging, sliding or accordion garage-type doors,
whether closing vertically or horizontally, shall, when not controlled
or locked by electric power operation, be secured on the inside as
follows:
(a)
Hand-operated doors shall be equipped with slide or vertical
bolts at either the top or bottom of the door or both sides of the
bottom of the door, depending on whether the door opens vertically
or horizontally.
(b)
Chain-operated doors shall be equipped with a locking device
for securing the chain.
(c)
Crank-operated doors shall be equipped with a locking device
for securing the operating shaft.
(2) In Subsection
C(1) above, if the door provides the only entrance to the building or structure, a locking device meeting the requirements of Subsection
A(1) above may be used on the outside of the door.
D. Metal accordion, grate or grille-type doors shall be equipped with
a metal glide track at the top and bottom and secured with either
a single-cylinder lock which can only be deactivated with a key or
similar control device or with a padlock. The door and frame shall
be so constructed and installed that the door cannot be lifted from
its tracks when the door is closed.
E. Wood doors not of solid-core construction and wood doors of solid-core
construction but containing panels less than 1 3/8 inches thick
shall be covered on the inside with at least sixteen-gauge sheet steel
or with a rated, burglary-resistant glazing material attached with
one-inch No. 8 screws placed six inches apart on the perimeter of
the plate.
F. Accessible sliding doors shall be secured as follows:
(1) Single sliding doors shall have the movable section of the door and
sliding on the inside of the fixed section of the door and shall be
so constructed and installed that the movable section of the door
cannot be lifted from its track when the door is closed.
(2) The movable section of single sliding doors shall be secured by vertical
bolts at the top and bottom in addition to the center latch. The bolts
shall engage to the extent necessary to prevent their being disengaged
by any possible movement of the doors within the clearances provided
when the door is closed and locking device is activated.
(3) Double sliding glass doors shall be secured by vertical bolts at the top and bottom of each door and shall meet the requirements of Subsection
F(1) and
(2) above.
G. The provisions of this subsection shall apply in addition to the
security requirements set forth in the preceding subsections of this
section.
(1) Hinges or pivots on all doors opening outward shall be secured in
such a manner that the hinge or pivot cannot be removed when the door
is closed and its locking device is activated.
(2) Where a locking device utilizes one or more cylinders, the cylinder
shall be constructed, attached or protected so that the cylinder cannot
be gripped by wrenching devices or deactivated by pulling or driving
devices.
(3) All doorjambs shall be so constructed or protected as to prevent
violation of the function of the strike through such means as, but
not limited to, the spreading of the door frame.
(4) The locking device shall be so constructed and installed that, when
the door is closed, it cannot be made inactive through the removal
of mounting screws or bolts.
(5) The bolts of all locking devices shall have a sufficient throw when
the door is closed and the locking device is activated so that the
bolt will imbed itself in its receptacle a minimum of 1/2 inch.
(6) Locking devices and parts of locking devices shall not be used if
they bear any numbers or letters which, to a trained person, would
reveal a combination from which a key or similar control device could
be fashioned or selected which could be used to deactivate the locking
device.
(7) When a padlock-type locking device is used, it shall not be capable
of being deactivated through rapping or other similar shocking techniques
applied by a trained person. Padlock hasps shall be constructed and
installed so that they cannot be removed when the door is closed and
the padlock is activated. A padlock shall have a minimum of a two-inch
case and seven-sixteenths-inch shackle made of material that will
resist cutting with a bolt cutter of up to 15 inches in length.
All exterior windows meeting the definition of an access point
shall be secured as follows:
A. Nonoperable windows shall be secured by:
(1) Rated, burglary-resistant glazing material.
(2) Steel bars of at least one-half-inch diameter spaced not more than
four inches apart, and having dividers of at least one-fourth-inch
flat steel bars spaced not more than 18 inches apart and securely
fastened on the inside of the window.
(3) An iron or steel grille of at least one-eighth-inch diameter material
of not more than two-inch mesh and securely fastened on the inside
of the window.
B. Operable windows.
(1) Operable windows shall be secured as in Subsection
A(1) above or as in Subsection
A(2) or
(3), except that, if the window opens inward, the bars may be placed on the outside of the window. When operable windows are secured in accordance with Subsection
A(2) or
(3) above, bars should be mounted on secure hinges and secured with a padlock meeting the specification of §
45-10G(7). These bars shall not be secured in place during normal business hours.
(2) All operable windows shall be secured with a locking device capable
of remaining effective when a force of 300 pounds is applied to it
from any direction. Such a locking device shall be capable of being
deactivated only by a key or similar control device and only from
the interior of the building or structure.
C. Accessible jalousie windows shall not be used on new buildings or
structures.
D. Hinges or pivots on windows opening outward shall be so constructed
and installed that they cannot be removed when the window is closed.
All accessible access points not previously dealt with by provisions of this article, including but not limited to air duct or vent openings, shall be secured as in §
45-11A(2) or
(3).
[Amended 2-12-2020 by Ord. No. 2020.01.08-001]
Any person who violates any provision of this article shall
be guilty of a violation and, upon conviction, shall be subject to
a fine as provided in the City Fine Schedule. Each day that the violation
remains in effect shall constitute a separate violation.
The street number shall be attached to the building in such
a manner and in such a place as to be easily seen from the street.
Furthermore, such number shall be placed in such a location so that
it can be illuminated, if necessary, to ensure rapid location by police,
fire or other emergency personnel during hours of darkness. Buildings
located in rural-type locations, or located in such a manner that
the above requirement is inappropriate, shall be identified at the
intersection of the entryway to the building and the public right-of-way,
and the numbers shall be of sufficient size to be easily seen by the
operator of a vehicle approaching said entryway.